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Old 06-04-2007, 03:09 AM
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The White Room

This is a short demo I did when I was asked by a production company for a score track involving only piano and strings.

The White Room
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Old 06-04-2007, 11:40 AM
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Re: The White Room

Interesting, what sort of scene was the music accompanying?

The piano seemed a little heavy on the recording. What samples/vst are you using?
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Old 06-04-2007, 02:28 PM
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Re: The White Room

Hi MaestroX,
there was no scene description, I was given just the instruments requirement = piano and occasional cello.

It was a rush job, I came up with this in about 45 minutes, so I didn't really have much time to play with VST selection and sounds. That's why the piano is a little heavy and cello sounds more like a string section...

Those sounds are all from CakeWalk Dimension Pro VST.
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Old 07-04-2007, 10:49 AM
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Re: The White Room

I think its not bad, but it sounds little plastic. The piano is too sharp for my ears and strings are flat, without some expresions, modulation... But not bad...
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Old 08-04-2007, 12:51 PM
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Re: The White Room

The piece is very nice - relaxing. I didn't think the strings were flat - I'm usually sensitive to intonation (being an occasional string player) but it may have been the brightness of the piano tone that gives that impression.

I really like the simplicity of harmonies like this that work well in a piece of this length. My one comment is that the piano bass is too loud at 0.28"...I had to turn the volume down a bit but then the treble got a bit obscured. Was your piano source velocity-sensitive? (I have one that isn't so I run into a few problems of balance - usually means adjusting the midi list a lot).

Nice.

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Old 04-05-2007, 02:18 PM
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Re: The White Room

Very nice. I personally like the sound of a brighter/sharper piano. The entrance of the strings give an added freshness that seems to happen just at the right time. Almost in the nick of time.

Good job!
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